With Florida being the fourth largest state in the country, and California being the largest, it shouldn’t be a surprise that we ship a lot of cars from Florida to California! And given that both states, as well as the states a car carrier passes through on this route, enjoy favorable weather conditions all year long, it’s a shipping route that is fairly busy all the time.
One of the most popular Florida to California auto transports is shipping a car from Miami, FL to Los Angeles, CA. This shipping lane is about 2,732 miles and a car carrier can typically travel it in 6-7 days. A car carrier on this shipping route will pass through the states of Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. It’s a long journey!
As a door-to-door auto transporter, we can pick up a car from any location in Florida and deliver it to any location in California. Each state has its “good” and “bad” car shipping locations. Read further down on this page to get more details on those locations in Florida and California.
To find out what it will cost to ship a car from Florida to California, and to find out how long it will take to complete, get an instant quote online or call us at (800) 656-7638.
Carriers can travel around 500 miles per day. If you take the total distance of your route and divide by 500, you'll get the approximate number of days it will take to ship a car from Miami, FL to Los Angeles, CA.
Example: The total distance from Miami, FL to Los Angeles, CA is 2,732 miles. If you divide that by 500, you get 5.46, or approximately 6 days for delivery.
We always add an additional day to account for any potential delays during transit so the total delivery time from Miami, FL to Los Angeles, CA is 6-7 days.
To find out how long it will take to ship a car from Florida to California with locations other than Miami and Los Angeles, get an instant quote online as we provide estimated pick up and delivery times along with our quotes.
It will also depend on the size of the vehicle, whether it runs, and whether it will be shipped on an open or enclosed trailer.
You can see how much it will cost to ship a car from Miami, FL to Los Angeles, CA by getting an instant quote on our website, or by calling us at (800) 656-7638. You can also get an instant quote to find out how much it will cost to ship a car from Florida to California for other locations other than Miami and Los Angeles.
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Based on recent dispatch reports, the carrier availability rating from Florida to California is 9/10.
The center of each state is used to approximate mileage between locations.
Estimated transit times are based on carriers traveling up to 500 miles per day.
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J&S Transportation Auto Transport Reviews
Quote | Date | Pickup | Delivery | Vehicle type |
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$2632 | December 09 | Boynton Beach, FL | Sherman Oaks, CA | Car |
$1548 | December 07 | Boynton Beach, FL | Sherman Oaks, CA | Car |
$1410 | November 23 | West Palm Beach, FL | Pomona, CA | Compact SUV / Crossover |
$2377 | November 19 | Melbourne, FL | Hansen Hills, CA | Car |
$1398 | November 18 | Melbourne, FL | Hansen Hills, CA | Car |
$1392 | November 17 | Orlando, FL | South Pasadena, CA | Car |
$1410 | November 12 | Miami, FL | West Hollywood, CA | Compact SUV / Crossover |
$1825 | November 11 | Orange Park, FL | Lemoore, CA | Car |
$1748 | November 07 | Ocala, FL | Rancho Cucamonga, CA | Midsize Truck |
$1501 | October 27 | Jacksonville, FL | Alameda, CA | Car |
We do a lot of transports to and from Florida, particularly snowbird transports between Florida and New York (and New York to Florida). There are five areas of Florida that we primarily ship to and from. Those areas include northeast Florida, central Florida, southeast Florida, southwest Florida, and the panhandle. The sixth area that we do transports for, but not nearly as often, is the Florida Keys.
The most popular shipping hub for auto transports in and out of Florida is Miami in southeast Florida. Other popular cities in the area include West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, and Fort Lauderdale. Any transports to or from southeast Florida, particularly Miami, we can get done pretty quickly, but of course these cities are further south in Florida so these transports will be more expensive than cities located in the northern parts of the state.
Speaking of the northern part of the state, Jacksonville in the northeast section of the state is a great car shipping location! In fact, it's one of the better car shipping locations in Florida.
The major cities in central Florida such as Orlando, Daytona Beach, Ocala, Tampa, Clearwater, St. Petersburg, and Lakeland are all great car shipping locations.
In the southwest Florida, the cities of Fort Myers, Cape Coral, and Naples are all solid car shipping locations as well. Again, keep in mind that the further south you go down into Florida, the more your transport will be so Naples will be more expensive than Tampa, for example.
Heading back up north to the panhandle, Tallahassee is the best car shipping location in the panhandle, but the rest of the cities along the panhandle are hit or miss depending on the shipping location on the other side of the transport. Car carriers shy away from the panhandle unless they are shipping to or from the cities in the panhandle, such as Panama City and Pensacola, to or from cities along I-10 in the southern part of the country. I-10 is a busy cross-country trucking corridor that runs through the panhandle and through Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Otherwise if you are shipping to or from the panhandle cities to or from the northwest, north, or northeast, these transports can be challenging at times (can take more time and more money to complete).
The most challenging area to ship to or from Florida is the Florida Keys. While we can certainly do these transports, we rarely do them as so few people are going to or from the Keys with their vehicles. Shipping to or from any of the cities along the Keys (Key Largo, Marathon, Key West) will be your most expensive transport options in Florida. You can save a lot of money shipping to or from the Keys by meeting a carrier in Miami instead!
One other interesting note about carriers that do Florida auto transports, they rarely serve both coasts of Florida with the same truck load. A carrier will either do all his transports along either the west or east coast on one trip, and then the other coast on another trip. He will rarely pick up and deliver vehicles on both coasts on the same trip. That means if your vehicle is being picked up or delivered in Miami, for example, that carrier will be traveling along the east coast of Florida with his current load of vehicles.
As a door-to-door auto transporter, we can ship to and from any location in Florida. It doesn’t matter if you’re shipping to or from Key Largo or Jacksonville or anywhere in between, we can handle it! To see what it currently costs to ship a car to or from Florida, get an instant quote online or call us at (800) 656-7638.
When shipping a car to or from California, I-5 is your friend. That is the main trucking artery in the state. The bulk of all auto transports are up and down the I-5. The closer your pick up and delivery locations are to I-5, the quicker and cheaper your transport will be. The friendliest shipping locations in the state are Sacramento in the north and Los Angeles in the south and any location along the I-5 in between those two cities. San Diego isn’t bad either but given its extreme southern location on I-5, it can sometimes make for a slightly more expensive and longer transport time than those cities further north along I-5.
Other friendly car shipping locations in California include those cities along CA-99, which runs parallel to I-5 and is east of I-5. Those cities would include Chico in the north, down to Yuba City, Modesto, Fresno, and Bakersfield in the south.
Finally, San Jose and the cities along US-101 down to Los Angeles round out the friendly car shipping locations in California.
Now let’s look at the challenging car shipping locations in California. These are locations that will most certainly cost more to ship cars to and from, and where auto transports will take more time to complete.
First up is San Francisco. This isn’t the most challenging location, but it’s certainly not one of the easiest cities to ship cars to or from in California. San Francisco is very time consuming and expensive for car carriers to service. Toll bridges to and from the city are expensive and San Francisco has the highest gas prices in the country. There are also many streets in the city that are restricted to smaller vehicles. All of this makes San Francisco the most unfriendly metro areas west of the Mississippi for car carriers. Be prepared to pay a premium to ship a car to or from San Francisco!
Speaking of the bay area, while San Francisco is challenging, the cities of Oakland, San Leandro, and Fremont aren’t too bad because car carriers don’t have to deal with toll bridges and road restrictions.
The most challenging car shipping locations are going to be those locations that hug the coastline along CA-1 or those locations along US-101 north of San Francisco, those locations in or near the vast forested and mountainous areas of California, and those locations north of Chico that aren’t along I-5 (far northern California).
While we are a door-to-door auto transport company, we have our limitations. There are just some locations trucks can’t get to. If you live in a remote area up in the mountains or deep in a forested area, or if you are shipping to or from one of those restricted streets in San Francisco, you’ll likely have to meet a driver somewhere along a major highway or interstate near your location.
The other challenging aspect of car shipping to or from California is the price of gas in the state. Even in the best economic times the price of gas in California is almost always the highest in the country. Carriers have to make a living so they don't eat those increased costs. They pass them along to you the consumer! As a result, all things being equal, auto transports in and out of California are going to be higher just because of the price of gas in the state so be prepared for that.
To find out what your California auto transport is going to cost and how long it's going to take, get an instant quote on our website or call us (800) 656-7638.
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